The Seirei Gensouki Spirit Chronicles
Chapter 5: Misunderstanding

“Great Dryas, Grand Spirit Festival is still the way of the future. What brings you here today

this?” Ursula asked respectfully.

“Yes, I have something on my mind. I came to ask you about it. ”

“So so. How can we help you? ”

“Just now, I feel the presence of foreign spirits in this area. It looked like a pretty high grade, but it soon disappeared. I'm almost sure it's someone's contracted spirit, but I don't know who. Does anyone know? ” Dryas asked, looking around the board room.

“... Yes, actually,” replied Ursula.

“Oh really? Where's it?”

“I'm sure it's resting with the boy he's contracted with right now. We have plans to bring him to this room tomorrow morning. What do you want to do, Your Majesty? ” Ursula's reply made the other elders widen their eyes in shock. The only contracted boy she meant was Rio.

“Hah .. So he'll be in this room? Can I sit down too? ”

“Of course, Your Majesty. However, the boy was actually a human child .. ”

“Oh, my .. How unusual. People visiting this village? ” Dryas widens his eyes slightly

pun.

“Yes, there are special circumstances involved ..” Ursula is in doubt with a troubled expression.

“Hmm. Well, it's none of my business. I'll stop by tomorrow morning. Bye then. ”

“Yes, Your Highness,” Ursula acknowledges with respect. At the same time, Dryas' figure disappeared into dust. He was truly a carefree soul, appearing and disappearing as he pleased.

“... That's it. I never imagined he would appear so suddenly like that. This is bad for my heart... ” Ursula sighed tiredly. The other elders showed the same reaction.

“Gahaha! After all, he was a great high-level spirit. Of course he's gonna be weird. We rarely give out his audience outside of the Great Spirit Festival. Let's just think of it as luck,” Dominic said.

“That may be true .. But, Ursula, what were you talking about earlier? Really it?” Syldoras

agreeing with Dominic's words before narrowing his eyes at Ursula.

“Hm, the words Great Dryas have just strengthened my theory. Rio-sama has made a contract with

spirit. Although a little worried that he does not seem to realize it himself.”

“I understand .. One by one .. I would never have expected this after being shaken so late. Tonight was really very important,” Syldora said, putting a strained smile on her face.

“Absolutely. The most important thing in my life.” Dominic agreed.

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The next morning, Rio woke up and found Latifa asleep in his hands. Yesterday he felt

symptoms of a cold, but now she was feeling well, and it was all thanks to the elf medicine that Ursula had given her. As she stroked Latifa's hair through her deep sleep, a knock echoed from the door.

“Iya? I'm up.” Rio sat down and responded, then watched as the door slowly opened. There on the doorstep stood three girls – Sara the silver werewolf, the elf girl Orphia, and the dwarf girl Alma.

“Good morning, Rio-sama,” The three of them exclaimed before bowing in unison.

“Good morning. Is there a problem?” Rio lowered his head to return their greetings before asking the three of them to enter the room.

“It's a very tempting offer, but I want to wait until Latifa wakes up. He'll be mad

to me if I eat first.” Rio smiled gently, shaking his head.

The girls' expressions were a little cloudy. Seeing how Latifa was sound asleep when she clung to Rio made them feel even more guilty about what they had done because of their misjudgment.

“... Understood,” says Sara, politely bowed.

“Oh! How about having tea first, Rio-sama?” Orphia clapped her hands as an idea popped into her head.

“If it's not too much trouble, please, Miss Orphia.”

“A-That will please me! Please wait here for a moment.  ” Orphia beamed before turning around.

“Ah, I will help you, Orphia!” Without a moment's delay, Alma excitedly followed

Orphia out. It wasn't long until Rio and Sara were the only ones left in the room.

“A-Ah, umm ..”

Sara almost considered helping them as well, but her rational mind realized

that three people do not need to prepare tea. He stopped walking, feeling a bit awkward being left alone with people of different species who were also his age. Their selfish misunderstanding alone caused so much trouble for Rio.

“T-Thank you.” Sara said, bowing without thinking.

Then, he realized how meaningless his actions were, and blushed. Sara lowered her head, her ears and tail twitching uneasily. Rio's eyes couldn't help but be interested in their movements. Do they just move of their own accord? He wondered with a slight tilt of his head.

“U-Umm, Rio-sama?” Sara suddenly exploded nervously, making Rio stiffen reflexively.

“Ya what is it?”

“Umm. Did you know Latifa came back when she was a slave, Rio-sama?” Sara asked with a conflicted expression, unable to help asking such a difficult question.

“No. I can imagine what kind of treatment he should receive. I never feel too deep because I don't want to trigger bad memories. ”

“...Is that so. Then, umm, if it's okay with you, Rio-sama .. Can you tell

what do you know? ”

“It won't be a very pleasant story. You are aware of that, right?” It was not something to ask out of curiosity, Rio's words implied.

“...Yes I know. But I still want to hear it.” Sara looked at Rio, her strong will

burning deep in his eyes.

“Good.”

Rio began to tell Sara the details of his theory about how Latifa was treated. How she was so emotionless when she first met him, and how she carried the deep trauma that sometimes manifested herself in the form of mood swings.

That he might be forced to undergo harsh combat training, and that he was an assassin trying to kill him. That she had never eaten a decent meal in her life.The great and shocking truth left Sara completely speechless. But after Rio finished speaking, his blood boiled with anger until he trembled to hold it in.

“Latifa is ... She's better than the rest of us! Survive such things .. ”

“Yes, I completely agree. He's really great. ”

Rio sympathized with Sara's pent-up frustration; as a member of the species who had a strong sense of kinship among themselves, he would naturally feel more anger than her.

Seriate...